Challenges in platform-independent UWB ranging and localization systems

Laura Flueratoru; Elena Simona Lohan; Dragos Niculescu

doi:10.1145/3556564.3558238

Challenges in platform-independent UWB ranging and localization systems

Laura Flueratoru, Elena Simona Lohan, Dragos Niculescu

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The Ultra-Wideband (UWB) technology has grown in popularity to the point in which there are numerous UWB transceivers on the market that use different center frequencies, bandwidths, or hardware architectures. At the same time, efforts are made to reduce the ranging and localization errors of UWB systems. Until now, not much attention has been dedicated to the cross-platform compatibility of these methods. In this paper, we discuss for the first time the challenges in obtaining platform-independent UWB ranging and localization systems. We derive our observations from a measurement campaign conducted with UWB devices from three different developers. We evaluate the differences in the ranging errors and channel impulse responses of the devices and show how they can affect ranging mitigation methods customized for one device only. Finally, we discuss possible solutions towards platform-independent UWB localization systems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	WiNTECH 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 16th ACM Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental evaluation and CHaracterization, Part of MobiCom 2022
Publisher	ACM
Pages	9-15
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9781450395274
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/3556564.3558238
Publication status	Published - 26 Oct 2022
Publication type	A4 Article in conference proceedings
Event	ACM Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental evaluation and CHaracterization - Sydney, Australia Duration: 17 Oct 2022 → 17 Oct 2022

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Conference	ACM Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental evaluation and CHaracterization
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Sydney
Period	17/10/22 → 17/10/22

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indoor localization
ranging
ultra-wideband

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Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Science Applications
Hardware and Architecture
Software

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Dataset: Ultra-Wideband Ranging Measurements Acquired With Three Different Platforms (Qorvo, TDSR, 3db Access)
Laura, F. (Creator), Lohan, E. (Creator) & Dragoș, N. (Creator), 12 Aug 2022
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6984698
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Flueratoru, L, Lohan, ES & Niculescu, D 2022, Challenges in platform-independent UWB ranging and localization systems. in WiNTECH 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 16th ACM Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental evaluation and CHaracterization, Part of MobiCom 2022. ACM, pp. 9-15, ACM Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental evaluation and CHaracterization, Sydney, Australia, 17/10/22. https://doi.org/10.1145/3556564.3558238

Challenges in platform-independent UWB ranging and localization systems. / Flueratoru, Laura; Lohan, Elena Simona; Niculescu, Dragos.
WiNTECH 2022 - Proceedings of the 2022 16th ACM Workshop on Wireless Network Testbeds, Experimental evaluation and CHaracterization, Part of MobiCom 2022. ACM, 2022. p. 9-15.

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Challenges in platform-independent UWB ranging and localization systems

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Dataset: Ultra-Wideband Ranging Measurements Acquired With Three Different Platforms (Qorvo, TDSR, 3db Access)

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